Stories by Liz Vukelich

Glasgow was all over the place as a tackle his freshman year, running into teammates and unaware of when to block. Borges doubted Glasgow would ever reach a high enough caliber to be on the field for a snap, let alone a start.

On Saturday, streaks continued and streaks were broken in the Michigan football team’s 42-13 win over Minnesota: Michigan coach Brady Hoke improved his home record to 18-0. The Wolverines beat the Golden Gophers for the sixth consecutive year to keep the Little Brown Jug in Ann Arbor.

Michigan coach Brady Hoke has preached Gardner’s faults are as much his own as the team’s. And in that same spirit, he now believes the best way to reduce Gardner’s turnovers may be as simple as establishing a dominant ground game.

When fans watched the Michigan football team scrape by Connecticut on Saturday, it was almost like a horrible sense of déjà vu. The Wolverines didn’t see it that way, though. After beating the Huskies, Michigan sauntered off the field, patting each other on the back and smiling. The mood was jovial. You wouldn’t have been able to tell the Wolverines just survived another close call, another narrow win against a team they were supposed to have run circles around.

Defensive coordinator Greg Mattison seemed fairly confident in his Tuesday assessment that senior cornerback Courtney Avery would be fully available to play against Connecticut, three weeks after undergoing arthoscopic knee surgery.

It took well after the noon kickoff for the student section to wake up, arrive at Michigan Stadium and make the northwest corner look remotely occupied during the Michigan football team’s game against Akron on Saturday.
It took even longer for the Wolverines’ running game to make an appearance.